JOURNAL OF MARITIME RESEARCH (JMR) publishes original research papers in English analysing the maritime sector international, national, regional or local. JMR is published quarterly and the issues-whether ordinary or monographic-include both theoretical and empirical approaches to topics of current interest in line with the editorial aims and scope of the journal.

The objective of JMR is to contribute to the progress, development and diffusion of research on the maritime sector. The aim is to provide a multidisciplinary forum for studies of the sector from the perspective of all four of the following broad areas of scientific knowledge: experimental sciences, nautical sciences, engineering and social sciences.

The manuscripts presented must be unpublished works which have not been approved for publication in other journals. They must also fulfil all the requirements indicated in the 'Technical specifications' section. The quality of the papers is guaranteed by means of a process of blind review by two scientific referees and one linguistic reviewer. Although the journal is published in print format, the processes of submission and reception of manuscripts, as well as revision and correction of proofs are all done electronically.

IMPORTANT NOTICE: We inform you that we are having problems with the automated registration of authors, so in order to send manuscripts we ask that you first send us an e-mail with your personal details and affiliation to the following address: jmr.journal.info@gmail.com.

We will then register you and send you a username and password so that you can access and submit your manuscript. We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.

IMPORTANT NOTICE TO ALL AUTHORS: JOURNAL OF MARITIME RESEARCH DOES NOT CHARGE AUTHORS ANY ARTICLE PROCESSING CHARGES (APCs) OR READERS ANY COSTS. NO AUTHOR MAY CHARGE ANY FEE TO OTHER CO-AUTHORS FOR PUBLISHING IN JMR. IF THIS PRACTICE IS DETECTED, THE AUTHOR AND THEIR PUBLICATIONS WILL BE IMMEDIATELY WITHDRAWN AND THEY WILL NOT BE ABLE TO PUBLISH IN JMR AGAIN. WE HAVE RECEIVED COMPLAINTS IN THIS REGARD AND APPROPRIATE ACTION WILL BE TAKEN.

JMR Editorial Team.